This Monday 6 November, children marched among the delegates at the opening of the COP 23 Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. They chanted and held banners reading Save the World.
The world does not need saving. The world was there well before your grand grand father had his first breath and will be there well after your name will be forgotten. The world is a 6 x 1026 metric ton, 4.5 billion year old ball of iron. It is build to last.
Reacting to climate change is not about saving the world. Reacting to climate change is about ensuring that we, as a species, will survive the years. It is about ensuring that that we will be able to maintain and improve or quality of life.